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Electoral Act Reflects Majority Will, Not ‘Noise’, Says Akpabio

Senate President, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, has expressed satisfaction with the newly signed Electoral Act, describing it as a historic and painstaking piece of legislation that reflects the genuine aspirations of Nigerians. Speaking at the State House after President Tinubu assented to the bill, Akpabio said lawmakers were patriotic and thorough, taking into account the peculiarities […]

Senate Passes Electoral Act Bill, Retains Manual Backup for Result Transmission

The Senate has rescinded its earlier decision and re-passed the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, retaining the proviso in Clause 60(3) that permits the manual transmission of election results where electronic transmission fails. The proviso allows presiding officers to transmit results electronically but provides that, in the event of system failure, Form EC8A may be used […]

Senate Makes E-Transmission of Results Discretionary, Cites Power and Internet Gaps

The Senate has defended its decision to make the electronic transmission of election results discretionary rather than mandatory in the ongoing reform of Nigeria’s electoral governance framework, stating that the move was guided by empirical data. The upper chamber said its position was informed by the country’s infrastructural realities, not by emotion or sentiment, following […]

Senate Says INEC Not Equipped for Electronic Voting

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) currently lacks the capacity to conduct electronic voting, the Senate of Nigeria has said. The upper chamber also clarified that the electronic transmission of election results in real time should not be misconstrued as electronic voting, contrary to claims circulating in some quarters. Chairman of the Senate Ad Hoc Panel […]

After Public Outcry, Senate Approves Electronic Transmission of Election Results

The Senate has amended the Electoral Act to permit the electronic transmission of election results, while introducing safeguards to address potential technical challenges. The decision followed the upper chamber’s move on Tuesday to rescind its earlier position rejecting the compulsory electronic transmission of results from polling units to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Result […]

Senate Holds Emergency Session as Controversy Grows Over Electoral Act Amendments

The Senate will hold an emergency plenary session on Tuesday amid growing controversy over recent amendments to the Electoral Act, particularly provisions concerning the electronic transmission of election results. The emergency sitting was announced in a notice issued on Sunday by the Clerk of the Senate, Mr. Emmanuel Odo, following a directive from the Senate […]

NLC Threatens Protests, Election Boycott over Senate’s Position on Electronic Transmission of Results

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has warned of possible nationwide protests and election boycotts over what it described as confusion and contradictory positions by the Senate on amendments to the Electoral Act, particularly regarding the electronic transmission of election results. The labour union accused the Senate of undermining public confidence in Nigeria’s electoral process by […]

Akpabio Explains Why Senate Dropped ‘Real-Time’ Clause from Election Law

President of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, has clarified that the Senate did not reject the electronic transmission of election results, but merely retained the existing provision contained in the 2022 Electoral Act. Mr. Akpabio spoke on Saturday in Abuja during a book launch on the responsibilities of legislators in Nigeria. He explained that electronic […]

Senate Passes Electoral Act Amendment Bill, Retains Existing Rule on Result Transmission

The Senate has passed the Electoral Act 2022 (Repeal and Re-enactment) Amendment Bill 2026 through its third reading but declined to approve a proposal that would have made the electronic transmission of election results mandatory. Lawmakers rejected the proposed amendment to Clause 60, Subsection 3, which sought to compel presiding officers of the Independent National […]

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